PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT FOR RESCUERS
Abstract
Rescue personnel are faced with stress during and after incidents. In coping with stress, knowledge of stress management, protective behaviour and social support can be of great help to them. Since incidents may also involve serious consequences, rescue personnel are offered psychological and social support in the form of peer and external professional support, short defusing interviews after the critical incident at the end of the shift, comprehensive psychological trauma integration (“psychological debriefing”) and psychotherapy. Traumatic events can be efficiently dealt with by cognitive behavioural therapy focused on trauma and EMDR. Support personnel can also make use of emergency telephone numbers, information and counselling through web sites, and training in stress and trauma.
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